Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruqi weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Ruqi: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Borama (27 km away). In May its highs average 29.4°C, 2.1°C cooler than Ruqi, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Ruqi ranks 5th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Ruqi is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 5.0 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ruqi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 17 | 3.5 | 11.612 h |
| February | 26.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 11 | 2.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 29.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 41 | 6.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 83 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 31.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 43 | 7.7 | 12.613 h |
| June | 33.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 5.0 | 1.3 | 12.713 h |
| July | 32.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 28 | 7.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 32.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 37 | 10.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 32.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 13 | 3.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 34 | 6.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 26.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 24 | 3.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 24.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 9.2 | 2.6 | 11.612 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Borama in MaySomalia · 27 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Gebiley in MaySomalia · 37 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Hargeysa in MaySomalia · 84 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Jijiga in MayEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Ārabī in MayEthiopia · 102 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Harar in MayEthiopia · 161 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in MayEthiopia · 176 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Berbera in MaySomalia · 181 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 27.3°C · 13 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ruqi) is explained once on the Ruqi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.